Gaston Alibert
Gaston Alibert (February 22, 1878 in Paris – December 26, 1917) was a French fencer and olympic champion in épée competition.
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He received a gold medal in épée individual and a gold medal in épée team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.[1] Eight years before, Alibert already participated in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris placing seventh in the épée individual event.[2] He contacted tuberculosis while at the front in World War I.
References
- "1908 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Fencing" Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 26, 2008)
- "Gaston Alibert biography and olympic results" Archived October 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine sports-reference.com (Retrieved on November 6, 2009)
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